11-letter words containing m, i, r, n
- mudspringer — mudskipper.
- muleskinner — (slang)A mule driver.
- multi-grain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- multicenter — (medicine, of a study) Taking place at multiple locations.
- multicentre — Of or pertaining to multiple centres.
- multilinear — Having many lines.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multiscreen — Having multiple screens.
- multistrand — Composed of multiple strands.
- munitioneer — a munitions-factory worker
- munoz marin — Luis [lwees] /lwis/ (Show IPA), 1898–1980, Puerto Rican political leader: governor 1948–64.
- murmuration — an act or instance of murmuring.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- mutteration — the act of muttering
- mutton bird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- muttonbirds — Plural form of muttonbird.
- mycoprotein — A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
- myonecrosis — Necrosis of muscle tissue.
- myringotomy — surgical incision of the tympanic membrane.
- myrmidonian — comprising or resembling myrmidons
- nanaimo bar — a chocolate-coated sweet with a filling made from butter and icing sugar
- nasturtiums — Plural form of nasturtium.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- necromantic — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- neo-realism — art, cinema: social realist style
- neurilemmal — Relating to neurilemma.
- neurilemmas — Plural form of neurilemma.
- neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotomies — Plural form of neurotomy.
- new milford — a town in W Connecticut.
- new realism — neorealism.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- nightmarish — resembling a nightmare, especially in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like: his nightmarish experience in a concentration camp.
- ninnyhammer — a fool or simpleton; ninny.
- nitromersol — a brownish-yellow or yellow, granular, water-insoluble powder, C 7 H 5 HgNO 3 : used in alkaline solution chiefly as an antiseptic.
- nitrosamine — any of a series of compounds with the type formula R 2 NNO, some of which are carcinogenic, formed in cured meats by the conversion of nitrite.
- noisemakers — Plural form of noisemaker.
- noisy miner — a honey-eater, Manorina melanocephala, of eastern Australia, having a grey-white plumage and brown wings and noted for its raucous cries
- nominal par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- non-marxist — an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
- non-mineral — any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usually comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.
- nonaromatic — lacking odour or fragrance
- noncriminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- nondramatic — Not dramatic; not exciting; mundane.
- nonharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- nonmaritime — Not maritime.